Required files:

[warning] The methods and procedures discussed here are considered risky and you should not attempt anything if you don’t know completely what it is. Do this only if you’re capable of getting your phone back right on your own. If any damage occurs to you or your device, we won’t be held liable. You only will be responsible — you’ve been warned. Okay![/warning]

Video instructions:

Instructions:

Switch off your phone and put it aside.

Extract the “FlashTool_x.x.x.x.exe” file on your PC (you can just double click on it to extract)

Few files and folders will be extracted — the two which we’ll be using are the ‘drivers‘ folder and the ‘firmwares‘ folder.

Inside the ‘drivers‘ folder there’s a file named “ggsetup-2.2.0.10.exe”, double click on this file to install the proper driver on your PC.

Now copy the “.ftf” firmware file that you downloaded for your phone, and paste it inside the “firmwares” folder.

Double click the “X10FlashTool.exe” file.

Once the program opens — click on the “Flash” button.

You’ll see the firmware that you copied in Step 5 loaded on the screen — click “Ok”!

Now it should ask you to connect your phone to the PC. So first plug the USB cable to PC, then pick up your phone and hold the “Back” key (key at the bottom left on your Arc), and then connect the USB cable to your phone. Remember you’ve to hold the “Back” key while connecting the USB cable to phone.

Once the phone gets connected — Flashtool will automatically start the flashing process.

Keep an eye on the Flashtool’s screen.

And once the process gets finished, disconnect your phone from PC and switch it ON.

Don’t freak if it takes longer to boot (that’s normal) as the phone has to build the cache again after flashing.

hi, i cant do the step 8 because the firmware doesn´t apear, what can i do?

smith

how to get files required for xperia mini???

http://www.facebook.com/jhun.calzada Jhun Molas Calzada

please re up the file again thanks. can i use this to update to 4.0.4(ICS)?

raghav

While flashing the flash tool says Bootloader status : NOT_ROOTABLE followed by WARNING that simlock.ta file is ignored. I have a Sony ericsson arco IS11S tied to AU KDDI Japan. Does it mean the sim lock cant be removed?

Bagus

Shivam, can i know your GTalk…?

cooper

someone please help me, i flashed my sony ericsson xperia pro following these steps and it completed the flash but now it wont turn on. WHAT DO I DO? :O

Sreejithtp53

it says flashing complete but no response from my xperia play
failed to update and cant even switch on some one please help immediately

Adi The Hbk

You are the best man i successfully flashed my Xperia neo and now the china restriction has been removed from it

Maj00d 12

The downloading link doesn’t work!

Msutcugs

firmware content does not read content

Brian

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH

Yousef Salem

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Nigeltan92

I successfully rooted my xperia arc. Suddenly the phone come out with the upgrade “Build number 4.0.2.A.0.42″ and I just upgrade it. But after I upgrade it and restart my phone, it does not on anymore. So what should I do?

Mrabhijeetdesai

i was falsing my phone and in the middle it asked me to unplug the phone and to turn onu00a0turn on Unknown Sources and n Debugging but i am not able to start my phone it is showing just sony eriscsson text and then it turn off………….plzzzz help me plzzzzu00a0nn

Floriemaysedero

mine too, did you fix yours?

Goofy_ali

does this unlock your phone as well?

Satish

Hi Kapil, in the step 9 we need to hold and press Volume down button for xperia ray. u00a0please correct it.

Nick

thnx a million…. you guys are really doing a good job.. it took some time for me to fix it.. but then finally got this website and my DEAD BRICKED SONY XPERIA ARC is back in business again.. Thanks again.

Sharpz_4400

hey my xperia play was working fine after i rooted and flashed to us 2.3.3 generic fw so i can get the 2.3.4 update which worked fine until, like an idiot, i did factory data reset. after that the home button doesn’t work, can’t recieve incoming calls, when I hold down the power button i only get two options (power off and screenshot). I fixed this problem before but i can’t remember. PPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSS hellp

Ivan

Ty for tutorial, you saved me :)

Asad Sial

hey android soul team.
i tried upgrading my arc to a newer firmware but it FAILED. i was using the rooted LT15i_4.0.1.A.0.283_Generic_Global as posted on this site. then i tried fixing it by using the SEUS. it downloaded and completed the update successfully but my phone still wont start. then i came by this thread. there were some problems in downloading the .ftf file link given in this thread (i could not find the .ftf file in the extracted files). i downloaded another firmware (4.0.A.2.368) from the XDA forums and tried to flash it as instructed here. the flash was completed successfully but my phone still doesnt start. when i press the power button the green light flashes for a second then goes off and this keeps on happening. nothing on the screen.. please help me out. tell me what to do. awaiting reply anxiously :(

After flashing My Arc cannot connect to wifi (n). It does not even see any wifi signals. I hold the devise practically on top of the router but no signal on Arc. My other devises such as laptop and another mobile can see and connect to the router just fine !!!

Jonster222

hey guys. i have a problem using the flash tool…
everytime i want to flash the prgram says that i should connect the phone in flash mode… i habe installed the driver program and the light at the site s blue… i use cyanogenmod and i can flash a boot image with fastboot… whats my problem??
THX for answeres

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

I think you’re pressing the wrong key, press the ‘back’ key when you connect to flashtool. It will work.

The blue light appears when you press the ‘Menu’ key and it gets the phone in bootloader mode, which we don’t want when working with flashtool.

So press the ‘Back’ key :)

Jonster222

oh damn. im so ashamed thad i cant read….-,- THX so much
im to stupid:-)

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

Lol it’s okay, mistakes happen ;)

Krystian S

can someone post link to 2.3.4 UK version firmvare please

Dr. A. Rupasinghe

I followed all the steps, got everything working fine, flashed and rooted. thanks . shivam. Thanks for helping sonyericsson out.

Possession

always try to flahs the firmware and the error is the same..at the part of the system :( i’m getting no hope :(

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

I really have no solution for your problem :(
But I’ll let u know if I find anything :)

Possession

shivan i have the same problem like Jaccodevrij and i can’t solve it…there’s a way that you can help us? :(

trunghq

it’s work thanks!

nasser

befoor i installd this my phone got bricked through OTA update and it died can you help me shivam

nasser

hey i dit evrything you said but when i try to start the phone after im dun installing the phone dosent start the green light just blinks

Jaccodevrij

I’ll be clear, i have followed all the steps and when i started te flash the flashtool said :
Flashing adsp.sin
Error – Error flashing. Aborted

and my phone does not boot right now, can someone pleease help me

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

This is for Xperia Arc only, so I hope you tried it on an Arc only.

Anyway, you should try again because normally it doesn’t happen. And make sure your USB cable isn’t loose.

Jaccodevrij

Yes, I do have an Xperia Arc. I’ve tried several times, first two times it stopt after flashing fona1 and now it starts with flashing loader and than stops after flashing adsp. This is what it shows:

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

This is really strange, try updating your phone through the ‘Sony Ericsson PC Companion’ software. It may help.

Remember PC Companion software might not be able to update your phone if your phone’s boot loader is unlocked, so you’ll have to re-lock the boot loader to get PC Companion to work on your phone.

BTW, I’d suggest you to not play with your phone anymore and take it to Sony Ericsson service center.

Jaccodevrij

Thank you, i’m going to try this, I did unlocked the bootloader indeed. So it won’t update through PC companion. When my phone lives again, i’ll never try anything anymore haha. I’ll let you know if it worked ;)

Jaccodevrij

So i re-locked it but PC companion says i should reboot my phone and connect again !?

I did, first tried to flash tje firmware again. This didn’t work and after that i re-locked the bootloaders, which worked (!) But now PC Companion says the same as before, with unlocked bootloaders. Isn’t there something like a total reset? I don’t necessarily need a rooted phone, I just want one that works :(

mehran

please share files again
files isnot there

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

Hey wait. It might be possible that your firmware file is corrupted. I think you should download the firmware again. I’m providing you a different download link below, it’s a ‘.rar’ file so you’ll have to extract the file first to get the ‘.ftf’ firmware file that will be used with flashtool, alright.

could you help me please. I’d unlocked the bootloader. When I wanted to flash it, this things kept saying “Please install or reinstall device drivers from drivers folder” on my flash tool. What should I do?

Aghnan

it just worked out! It was an order since the beginning. Fool me-___-. I’m sorry for bothering you guys:)

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/ Kapil

No probe — happens with everyone, I guess ;)

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

No buddy you didn’t bothered us ;)
Anyway, glad it worked for you :)

H_n_h93

THANK YOUUUUUUUUU SO MUCH!!! worked perfectly<3

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/ Kapil

Cool! ;)

Moustafa Ghanem

hi guys, I rooted my device accidently before flashing, and now it is not working just showing sony ericsson logo and never change, I tried to re-lock the bootloader, but nothing happened, what to do ?

tan

haha…i face the other problem -.-…after root how to download free app…

tan

anyware thx i fix the problem edi

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

Oh great you got it all fixed. Cheers.
And sorry I don’t have MSN, but you can have my gtalk (if you still need it). Okay :)

Mustafa

hello shivam i have a problem plz help i was updating my experia arc by phone and after it download my phone wouldn’t switch on and also when i connect it to the computer no light would show up plz help me

tan

R800i_4.0.A.2.368_World.rar is 2.3.3 android version?and can i have ur msn

You’ll get a .rar file, extract it, and you’ll get .ftf firmware file, put that firmware file in the “firmwares” folder and flash it.

Let me know if it solves your problem :)

tan

shivam what can i do now i cannot on my phone

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

Yes I’m looking for a compatible ROM for your phone..

tan

it most certainly won’t boot.mean what? my phone died?

tan

and one more question after i flash done i open my phone but just got light for 10sec then turn to black edi why?

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

Buddy these firmwares are for Xperia Arc only. So if you’ve flashed any of these firmwares onto your Xperia Play, it most certainly won’t boot.

tan

THX YOU Shivam U ARE AWESOME

tan

can this use for xperia play?

kk

I tried many times but the same error message appeared on the while in the flashtool box – Please install or reinstall drivers.Please help. Thanks.

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

Open the “drivers” folder after you extract flashtool. There’ll be a setup file in there to install the drivers.

Hope that helps :)

help me

“Don’t freak if it takes longer to boot (that’s normal) as the phone has to build the cache again after flashing.”
can i know how much time? hours??

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

No — not hours. It shouldn’t take more than 15-20 mins.

muhammet

hi ı have problem with my xperia arc. ı’m trying to flash using flashtool but when ı look the firmware content in the flashtool program there is only one file is simlock.ta file.and when ı look up in video ı’m seeing a lot of file in the firmware content.due to this ı cant flashh my phone tanks from now

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

I think you should choose the Global firmware..

To confirm, do the following:
Go to Settings → About phone → and check if your baseband version is this → 7X30A-AAABQMAZM-1290_21-22.If yes, then definitely go for the the Global firmware.

frendy

okay it works! thankyou sooo much ! :D

but can sumone tellme the differences between the branded thing?

im at Indonesia, which one shud i choose then??

thanks..

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

I think you should choose the Global firmware..

To confirm, do the following:Go to Settings → About phone → and check if your baseband version is this → 7X30A-AAABQMAZM-1290_21-22.
If yes, then definitely go for the the Global firmware.

frendy

yup, thanks for the fast answer :D

Le Jordan

Hi, i flashed my arc but now i cant send / receive calls but full signal is shown. Any ideas? Cheers

http://www.theandroidsoul.com Shivam

Which firmware you flashed?

Le Jordan

It was locked on orange so i got my 02 sim card unlock and it worked fine but i wanted to flash it to improve speed etc but now cant send / receive calls. the phone is android version 2.3.3 and i have tried flashing with UK generic / Global generic / 02 Branded but with no success!